Before becoming the founder of CHAMPS, Isaacs worked as the principal of Robert A. Millikan Middle School Performing Arts Magnet in Sherman Oaks.

CHAMPS was founded in order to create a high school where students could receive a curriculum in academics, digital media, visual, and performing arts.

It is one of two arts high schools that allow students to study there from any district within the Los Angeles County (the other being the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts).

Students who want to enroll in a specific academy (dance, music, drama, media arts, or robotics) need an audition to get in.

Enrolled students can change into a different academy with the approval of the department chairs and counselors.